Use Face Recognition in Home on iPad

With a compatible camera or doorbell, you can use the Home app to be notified when people you’ve tagged in the Photos app come to your door.

Set up Face Recognition

Face Recognition identifies people by the faces that appear in your photo library or pictures of recent visitors captured by your camera or doorbell.

If you’re setting up a camera or doorbell for the first time, do the following:

Add the accessory to the Home app.
In the Recognize Familiar Faces card, turn on Face Recognition, then tap Continue.
Choose who can access your photo library—Never, Only Me, or Everyone in this Home.
- Never: Only faces you’ve added from clips in the Home app are recognized.
- Only Me: Only the notifications you receive have the names of people in your photo library.
- Everyone in this Home: The notifications for everyone in your home have the names of people in your photo library.
Tap Continue, then finish setting up the camera or doorbell.

If you have an existing doorbell or camera and want to use it to identify visitors, tap it in the Home tab, tap , tap Face Recognition, then turn on Face Recognition. Tap your photo library, then choose who can access it.

Note: Notifications can appear on any of the devices associated with your Apple ID.

A notification from Home is on the iPad screen. It shows the picture of a person at the front door with a Talk button at the left. Below are accessory buttons for the front door and entryway lights. The home’s address is at the bottom along with the words “Ashley is ringing the doorbell.” A Close button is at the top right of the notification.

Identify recent visitors

You can use Face Recognition to help identify people not in your photos library, using a picture captured by your camera or doorbell.

With Face Recognition turned on, open the Home app , then tap Home in the sidebar.
Tap the camera or doorbell, then tap .
Tap Face Recognition, tap an unidentified person listed under Recent, then tap Add Name.
Add the person’s name or their relationship to you—Mom or Mail Carrier, for example.
Choose whether to be notified when they’re seen by your camera or doorbell.

Set up notifications

Open the Home app , tap , then tap Home Settings.
Tap Cameras & Doorbells below Notifications.
Tap the camera for which you’d like to configure notifications.
Turn on Notifications on This iPad.
Choose to receive notifications when a clip is recorded.

You can also set up notifications for a particular camera or doorbell. Tap Home in the sidebar, tap the device in the Home tab, tap , tap Notifications, turn on Notifications on This iPad, then choose to receive notifications when a clip is recorded.

Share faces with your household

You can allow the members of your household to see the names of visitors identified in your photo library.

With Face Recognition turned on, open the Home app , tap , then tap Home Settings.
Tap Cameras & Doorbells, then tap Face Recognition.
Tap your photo library, then tap Everyone in this Home.

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iPad User Guide

Use Face Recognition in Home on iPad

Set up Face Recognition

Identify recent visitors

Set up notifications

Share faces with your household